The Georgia Pastor Who Welcomed Gay Members on Getting Kicked Out of the Southern Baptist Convention - Word&Way

The Georgia Pastor Who Welcomed Gay Members on Getting Kicked Out of the Southern Baptist Convention

On Tuesday, the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, expelled four churches. Two were voted out for employing pastors convicted of sexual crimes involving minors. But the other two — Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia, and St. Matthews Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky — were found to be out of step with the SBC for “affirming homosexual behavior.”

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